14 January 2025
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Gary Crook
[FYI request #29498 email]
F36302
By email
Dear Gary
Official Information Act request – MTOC renewal statistics
I refer to your request via the FYI website of 9 December 2024, as follows:
“Can you please provide the following Maritime Transport Operator Certificate (MTOC)
detail;
1. How many currently active MTOC are there in New Zealand.
2. What are these numbers split by Region (New Zealand's 16 Regions).
3. By Region, year, and by quarter (ie Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), when are they due for renewal.
4. How many of the current MTOC have been issued extensions before their listed MTOC
expiry date is due (as at 30/11/2024)
5. List the MTOC numbers with extensions by Region.”
We have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) and our
responses are as follows:
1. How many currently active MTOC are there in New Zealand.
There are 1,537 active MTOC in New Zealand.
2. What are these numbers split by Region (New Zealand's 16 Regions).
Certificates are not linked to geographic regions so we cannot provide this split. We are therefore
refusing this question under section 18(e) of the Act as the information requested does not exist.
3.
By Region, year, and by quarter (ie Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), when are they due for renewal. As noted in question two, certificates are not linked to geographic regions so we cannot provide
this split. We are therefore refusing this part of the question under section 18(e) of the Act as the
information requested does not exist. We can provide estimated numbers by quarter due for
renewal and this is detailed in the table in appendix 1.
4.
How many of the current MTOC have been issued extensions before their listed
MTOC expiry date is due (as at 30/11/2024)
Seventeen in total. As at 30/11/2024 there were twelve current certificates which had had an
extension applied. Five further certificates had an extension applied and were renewed before
30/11/2024.
5.
List the MTOC numbers with extensions by Region. Certificates are not linked to geographic regions so we cannot provide this. We are therefore
refusing this question under section 18(e) of the Act as the information requested does not exist.
I trust this fulfils your request.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision, please feel free to email us at
[Maritime New Zealand request email]. Yours sincerely
Christine Ross
Manager, Communications and Ministerial Services
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Appendix One: Estimated MTOC renewals by quarter
Quarter One
Quarter Two Quarter Three Quarter Four
2025
29
85
146
134
2026
77
124
96
107
2027
46
46
61
64
2028
47
56
49
34
2029
8
18
11
22
2030
11
10
13
26
2031
16
11
16
24
2032
12
9
7
7
2033
8
12
14
17
2034
9
10
15
22
2035
2
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